Beyond Havana

Patrick Symmes

The decisive 1958 capture of Santa Clara by Che Guevara and his troops is still remembered in local celebrations

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Tomorrow the work week begins. Again they'll be reminded that everything is difficult: getting to and from the job, dealing with tedium and lack of resources at work, figuring out how to fix a bicycle when tires are impossible to find, or patch the roof using only pieces of cloth and plywood. But they'll remember they've got each other, and they've got some dollars coming in. And they'll be okay.

Soon about a dozen men, women, and children will manage to squeeze into Josue's Chrysler, and he'll drive them home.